caretaker、caregiver 1. caregiver:名词 “照料者;护理员(侧重 “长期照顾老人、病人、儿童或宠物,提供生活或健康护理”)”(搭配 “family caregiver;professional caregiver;caregiver support”); 2. caretaker:名词 “看管者;管理员;临时看护(侧重 “看管财产、场所,或短期临时看护,无 “长期护理” 义”)”,近义差异(“school caretaker”(学校管理员) vs “elderly caregiver”(老人护理员);“caretaker of the house”(房屋看管者) vs “caregiver of the house”(错误)); 3. 高频错拼:易漏写 “e”(误写 “caregivr”); 4. 用法误区:“长期照顾人” 用 “caregiver”(正确,如 “caregiver for the disabled”(残疾人护理员)),“caretaker” 不可指 “长期护理人”(如 “caretaker for the disabled” 错误,应为 “caregiver”)。
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1、 If it has to hire a caregiver for every two children,it can't really achieve any economies of scale on labor to save money when other expenses go up.